Archives for January 2013

For February our guest editor Matthew Paul celebrates the joys and travails of the working(wo)man’s plight. Here’s what he offers by way of introduction:
Like Issa’s celebrated turnip-puller pointing the way with said vegetable, the worker has featured as a solitary figure in many fine … [Read more...]

I ( @myersgene) just re-tweeted this on Twitter.
"Final call for entries to The Snapshots Haiku Calendar Competition 2013. Prizes totalling £360/US$600 on offer..." The tweet is from Morden Haiku, ‏@hermonhermit. Many know Matt Morden's blog, https://mordenhaikupoetry.blogspot.com. The deadline for … [Read more...]

Few events have worked out better for me than Haiku North America. I am someone who almost always has high expectations.
Although I have been a poet for more than 20 years, haiku was a relatively new fascination for me by the time the last convention was held. But I had already met Michael Dylan … [Read more...]

https://youtu.be/fh08p3vGifo
The Haiku Foundation sponsors, supports and creates reading opportunities for haiku poets around the world. Here Jerome Cushman offers American Sign Language versions of classical Japanese and English-language haiku, as well as telling something of his involvement with … [Read more...]

It's time to take your best poems out of the drawer, folks. The HaikuNow! Haiku Contest for 2013 is up and running. You may enter one poem in each of our three categories: traditional, contemporary, and innovative. You may enter anytime from now until midnight, March 31, 2013. Results will be … [Read more...]